Evolution

2001 102 min ★ 6.1 Comedy, Science Fiction, Action

A comedy that follows the chaos that ensues when a meteor hits the Earth carrying alien life forms that give new meaning to the term "survival of the fittest." David Duchovny, Orlando Jones, Seann William Scott, and Julianne Moore are the only people standing between the aliens and world domination... which could be bad news for the Earth.

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Cast

David Duchovny

Dr. Ira Kane

Julianne Moore

Dr. Allison Reed, CDC

Orlando Jones

Prof. Harry Phineas Block

Seann William Scott

Wayne Grey

Ted Levine

General Russell Woodman

Ty Burrell

Colonel Flemming

Ethan Suplee

Deke

Michael Bower

Danny

Dan Aykroyd

Governor Lewis

Gregory Itzin

Cartwright

Details

Director

Ivan Reitman

Screenplay

Don Jakoby

Tagline

"Coming to wipe that silly smile off your planet."

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Budget

$80,000,000

Revenue

$98,376,292

Production

DreamWorks Pictures, Columbia Pictures, The Montecito Picture Company

Reviews

J

John Chard

October 1, 2019

★ 7/10

Lubricant and the giant product placement. A meteorite falls to Earth and lands right in the desert at Glen Canyon, Arizona. Two college professors, Dr. Ira Kane and Prof. Harry Phineas Block, take it upon themselves to investigate and mooch around. At the site, they discover worm like insects that are not of this world. Thinking they are on to Nobel Prize type history, they are dismayed when t...

C

CinemaSerf

June 6, 2024

★ 6/10

"Ira" (David Duchovny) and "Harry" (Orlando Jones) are local college professors who go to investigate a meteor landing near their American town. When they get there, though, they discover it's riddled with strange looking creepy-crawlies that don't look at all indigenous. It's not long before the army shows up and these two are kicked off the project by an wholly incompetent "Gen. Woodman" (Ted Le...